Dorsey William Shackleford

Dorsey William Shackleford (1911)

Dorsey William Shackleford (born August 27, 1853 in Sweet Springs , Saline County , Missouri , †  July 15, 1936 in Jefferson City , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1919 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Dorsey Shackleford attended his home public schools and William Jewell College in Liberty . Between 1877 and 1879 he worked as a teacher. After studying law at the same time and being admitted to the bar in 1878, he began to work in this profession in Boonville . Between 1882 and 1886 and again from 1890 to 1892 he served as a prosecutor in Cooper County . Shackleford was then a judge in the 14th judicial district of his state between 1892 and 1899.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . After the death of MP Richard P. Bland , Shackleford was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on August 29, 1899, when the by-election was due for the eighth seat of Missouri . After nine re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1919 . The First World War and the ratification of the 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution took place during this period . From 1913 Shackleford was chairman of the committee that dealt with the expansion of the federal roads. In this capacity he drafted the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. In this law, the financing of the federal road network was officially regulated for the first time.

In 1918, Dorsey Shackleford was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he moved to Jefferson City, where he practiced as a lawyer. Politically, he no longer appeared. He died in Jefferson City on July 15, 1936 and was buried in Boonville.

Web links

• Dorsey William Shackleford in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dorsey William Shackleford in the database of Find a Grave (English)